Accident | |
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Date | April 5, 1976 |
Summary | Runway overrun, pilot error |
Site | Ketchikan International Airport, Ketchikan, Alaska, United States |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Boeing 727-81 |
Operator | Alaska Airlines |
Registration | N124AS |
Flight origin | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
1st stopover | Juneau International Airport, AK (JNU/PAJN), Juneau, Alaska, United States |
Last stopover | Ketchikan International Airport, Ketchikan, Alaska, United States |
Destination | Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, United States |
Occupants | 50 |
Passengers | 43 |
Crew | 7 |
Fatalities | 1 |
Injuries | 49 (32 serious and 17 minor) |
Survivors | 49 |
The crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 60 was an accident involving a Boeing 727-81 of the American airline Alaska Airlines at Ketchikan International Airport in Ketchikan, Alaska, United States, on April 5, 1976, resulting in the death of a passenger with 32 serious and 17 minor injured survivors among the initial 50 passengers and crew on board.[1]